Hello @StuF just organising credit and identity theft precautions this morning. Saw a finance expert talk about it from the USA. I dont have money but doesnt stop someone taking out credit in your name and creating trouble for you in the years to come. The identity protection she recommended doesnt apply to Australia so did a chatGBT search and came up with Equifax which is an official company known to me for credit score ratings and putting freeze on your credit card but also does realtime identity theft protection. Anyway I have just applied to sign up for a small subscription fee each month for peace of mind. Been meaning to do it for a while.
I also have my e-mails addresses listed with "haveibeen pwned" which is a free service to see if my e-mails have been caught up in data breaches. Its worth going across to haveibeenpwned to see if your e-mail has been used in a data breach, I was surprised in how many data breaches have occured since i signed up https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Heard from that finance expert that your e-mail can be stolen and sent to a friend of yours with links. You think its from someone you know but its phishing it has the right e-mail address and name but the e-mail has been hacked and you think its ok to go ahead and open the contents. The identity theft program that this US finance expert promotes flags all your e-mails that look suspicious and have been hacked in realtime. Would be nice if they had something like that here in Australia
